There is no consistent frequency for leather treatment, since the condition of the leather depends on so many variables. The foremost consideration is probably how often you ride your bike, but also whether your bike spends a lot of time outdoors, climate, etc. I think the best policy is to just go by the appearance of the leather. When it starts to appear dry (the color/texture begins to look mottled, and the leather has no 'pull up' or does not discolor at all when you press on it, it may be time for a little sparing treatment. Also, if you have an old saddle and no proofide (or ran out), you can make your own conditioner with beeswax and vegetable oil.
Matt On Monday, June 3, 2013 3:40:16 PM UTC-4, Minh wrote: > > maybe to extend joes question, when should you use proofide, I have a 10 > year old, 6 year old and 3 year old (berthoud) and have neglected to > proofide any of them. I do get caught in the rain every now and then. > Should I. E doing it on a regular basis? > > And joe having seen a select I was wondering about that too, are you > supposed to proofide it first thing after taking it out of the box? Wait > until a few rides? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.